Activity Monitor AM 180E User Manual Including Warranty C o n t e n t s Before Using About the AM-180E Activity Monitor Safety Precautions Handling, Storage & Daily Maintenance Checking the Package Contents Names of Parts Inserting the Battery...
About the AM-180E Activity Monitor General Operation Procedure Thank you for buying the AM-180E Activity Monitor. Setup Thank you for purchasing the Tanita AM-180E. Make the following settings: Once you have input the set up data, your Activity Monitor Date (year/month/day) Time (hours/minutes)
Safety Precautions Handling, Storage & Daily Maintenance Handling Instances that might result in serious WARNING injury Never disassemble this product. Doing so might cause it to malfunction. Instances where danger of injury or danger of CAUTION Do not subject the product to excessive impact or physical damage to property is anticipated PROHIBITED vibration.
Checking the Package Contents Names of Parts Front Make sure that the package contains everything below. button: Activity Past memory, Monitor Up button button: Display switch, Apply button button: Accessories Past memory, USB cover LED display Down button Slide clip Anti-slip strap USB terminal: This is used to connect the Activity Monitor to a computer or special device.
Inserting the Battery Replacing the Battery After replacing the battery, perform the initial setup again. See page 10. Loosen the battery cover About the Battery Mark screw with the screwdriver (provided). The battery has little power left. Replace soon with a new Blinking battery (CR2032).
Initial Setup Set up is required only when you have just bought the Activity The following setting is required only when you have just bought Monitor or have replaced the battery. the Activity Monitor or have replaced the battery. Setting the Current Year Setting the Current Date Example: To set the year 2012 Example: To set August 31...
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Initial Setup The followin g setting is required only when you have just If you change the settings, please take the following steps (See page 34). bought the Calorie Meter or have replaced the battery. Setting the Current Time Setting Your Date of Birth Example: To set 1:45 p.m.
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Initial Setup Setting Your Date of Birth Setting Your Gender Example: To set your date of birth to July 4 Example: To set to female After setting the year of your date of birth, After setting the date of the "month of your date of birth" blinks. your date of birth, "...
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Initial Setup Setting Your Height Setting Your Weight Example: To set your height to 158 cm Example: To set your weight to 52 kg After setting your gender, After setting your gender, your "height" blinks. your "weight" blinks. Press to select Press to select your "height".
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Initial Setup Setting Your Body Fat (%) Setting the Target Number of Steps Example: To set your body fat (%) to 24.6% Example: To set the target to 10,000 steps After setting your body fat (%), the After setting your weight, "target number of daily steps"...
Wearing the Calorie Meter Attaching/Removing the Slide Clip NOTE Align the side clip from the side of the Activity Monitor as shown in the figure on the left. We recommend wearing the Activity Monitor at chest level to ensure the most accurate physical activity monitoring.
How to Use the Anti-slip Strap Performing Measurement Putting the Activity Monitor on and trying it out. Attaching the strap to the Activity Monitor Put the Activity Monitor on and try it out. Data is calculated and saved automatically simply by wearing the Activity Monitor. Measurement of Number of Steps How the Activity Monitor calculates start of walking to prevent erroneous measurement.
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To Ensure accurate measurements Accurate measurements may be affected by the following activities: Movement accompanied by vertical movement Going up or down stairs Going up or down steep slopes Intense sports Sports characterized by sudden instantaneous movement Walking in an irregular manner Shuffle-like walking (on snowy paths, etc.) Walking while wearing sandals or similar footwear Disrupted pace when walking in crowded streets, etc.
Viewing Measurement Results button button Total amount of consumed energy Time p.28 p.32 Number of run steps p.30 button Number of walked steps button p.30 button button Metabolic rate METs in rested state p.32 p.28 Distance p.31 button button Total number of steps p.29 button button...
Display Screen Total Amount of Consumed Energy Amount of Activity Energy This is the number of calorie s consume d by This is the amount of energy consumed since 00:00 a.m. physical activity so far since 00:00 a.m. today. When a day has passed, this value becomes the total amount of "Physical activity"...
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Display Screen Number of Walked Steps Distance This is the number of regular walked steps This is the distance moved by walking and running. (0 to 99999 steps). This is calculated by your pace estimated The number of walked steps is assessed from your height (0 to 9999.9 km).
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Display Screen Timers Blinks when 1,000 steps before the METs "target number of steps" is reached. Lights when the target is reached. This unit indicates the intensity of physical activity. A See page 19. seated and relaxed state is taken as 1 MET, and the intensity of physical activity is indicated as an equivalent number of times of this state.
Changing Settings (Modifying Personal Data) Resetting the System (Returning to Factory Settings) To reset all settings and measured values in memory to "0" The following items can be changed. (zero), perform a system reset. Date of birth Gender Height Weight Body fat (%) Target number of steps Hold down both the...
Specifications Specifications Detection method 3-axis acceleration sensor Time 24-hour clock Display method LCD display Date 2011 to 2099 Display details Date/time Year / month / day / time Display memory 14 days (excluding METs) 6 to 99 years old (entered at date of birth) Internal memory 1 year Gender...
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MEMO Troubleshooting The battery is running low. Replace with a new battery (CR2032). mark flashes. We recommend replacing within three days. See pages 8 and 9 of this manual. The battery has run out of power, and measurement indication appears. is no longer possible.
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